Bio
Shalmali Bane is a reproductive and perinatal epidemiologist living in the Bay Area, California. She received her doctorate in Epidemiology and Population Health from Stanford University. Her dissertation examined the association of neighborhood factors and birth hospital with racial and ethnic disparities in low-risk cesarean birth, as well as impact on downstream severe maternal morbidity. During her time at Stanford, she held teaching roles in the departments of Epidemiology (Intermediate Methods, Reproductive Epidemiology), Biology (Genetics, Physiology), and Theater and Performance Studies (Improvisation). She is interested in advanced epidemiological methods such as causal inference as well as community-engaged methods to facilitate the rigorous and equitable study of pregnancy. Her research covers healthcare resource use (abortion, cesarean birth), maternal outcomes (severe maternal morbidity), perinatal outcomes (stillbirth, periviable birth), and social epidemiology (racial and ethnic disparities, socioeconomic position, sexual orientation and gender identity). Dr. Bane hopes her researchsupports improving reproductive care safely and equitably for all who choose to give birth.
Education
Stanford University, School of Medicine | Stanford, CA
Ph.D., Epidemiology and Population Health | 2021 - 2024
M.S., Epidemiology and Population Health | 2019 - 2021
Stanford University | Stanford, CA
- B.S. with Honors, Biology | 2012 - 2016
Experience
Founding Researcher | Malama Health | March 2022 - May 2023
Senior Analyst | The Analysis Group, Inc. | May 2018 - August 2019
Analyst | The Analysis Group, Inc. | August 2016 - May 2018